SSH Fatal Timeout

Ever get this one while trying to ssh into your box:

sshd[1847]: fatal: Timeout before authentication for 192.168.0.1

I have. All I did was reinstall Windows. The previous Windows was connecting fine and the BSD box was unchanged. According to the 'net this is not an unusual problem either. Many solutions are offered, but here's the one which worked for me..

This error usually appears because the system tries to match the forward and reverse DNS of the machine trying to connect. Try adding the IP of the machine which is trying to connect, to your /etc/hosts file.